Mark Ingram

When opening the football season against Division I-A competition, Virginia Tech is 2-4 since joining the ACC. Moreover, the Hokies are saddled with a three-game losing streak in such contests. That history gives some Virginia Tech faithful pause when contemplating the Hokies’ possible (probable?) Labor Day collision with Coastal Division rival Georgia Tech. Add holiday traffic – as if Truckers’ Alley on I-81 isn’t bad enough – and school openings the following day to the mix and you see why some in maroon and orange cringe at the notion of this made-for-TV opener. But as ACC officials, in concert with their ESPN co-conspirators, finalize the...

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